2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #42

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Posted on 19 October 2025 by BaerbelW, Doug Bostrom

A listing of 27 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, October 12, 2025 thru Sat, October 18, 2025.

Stories we promoted this week, by category:

Climate Change Impacts (6 articles)

Climate Change Comes for the House of the Seven Gables ^[3] At the edge of Salem’s harbor, caretakers face a race against rising seas and intensifying storms to protect a landmark bound up in America’s literary and colonial past. Inside Climate News, Ryan Krugman, Oct 12, 2025.
Net-zero is a pipe dream: civilisation now faces an existential threat ^[4] Crops now grown will no longer survive, water shortages will become widespread, and food will be scarce. Are we ready for widespread environmental refugees? Newsroom NZ, Kevin Trenberth, Oct 13, 2025.
Climate tipping points sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans-why there’s still room for optimism ^[5] The Conversation, Alexandra A Phillips , Oct 13, 2025.
As coral reefs pass tipping point, ocean protection rises up political agenda ^[6] New scientific studies show coral reefs are under severe pressure from global warming, while ocean acidification poses a threat to marine life Climate Home News, Mariel Lozada, Oct 13, 2025.
Antarctica is starting to look a lot like Greenland-and that isn`t good ^[7] Global warming is awakening sleeping giants of ice at the South Pole as glaciers start to flow faster and surface melting increases. Inside Climate News, Bob Berwyn, Oct 16, 2025.
World Meteorological Report Marks Biggest Annual Jump in CO2 Levels ^[8] Surging emissions from wildfires may have been behind the increase, which was the largest since modern measurements began more than half a century ago. New York Times, Raymond Zhong and Sachi Kitajima Mulkey, Oct 16, 2025.

Climate Law and Justice (5 articles)

`It`s a road to destruction`: climate defenders facing surge in reprisals, says UN expert ^[9] Mary Lawlor, UN special rapporteur for human rights defenders, accuses US, UK and other governments of paying lip service to climate goals while criminalizing activists The Guardian, Nina Lakhani, Oct 13, 2025.
Judge dismisses suit by young climate activists against Trump`s pro-fossil fuel policies ^[10] Plaintiffs had ‘overwhelming evidence’ of climate crisis but a court injunction would be ‘unworkable’, ruling says The Guardian, Maya Yang, Oct 15, 2025.
Montana Court Dismisses Youth-led Lawsuit Challenging Trump Executive Orders Boosting Fossil Fuels ^[11] The judge in Lighthiser v. Trump described climate change as a “children’s health emergency,” but found that the young plaintiffs lacked standing and the court did not have the authority to grant the relief they requested. Inside Climate News, Dana Drugmand, Oct 16, 2025.
Governmental Climate Duties in Comparative Perspective: Civil, Common, and European Legal Traditions ^[12] Climate Law Blog, Myrto Leivadarou, Oct 17, 2025.
The Kids Who Sued Trump Just Lost Big in Court. Or Did They?^[13] A federal judge threw out their climate lawsuit against the president a few days ago. But legal experts say there was a silver lining in the judge’s opinion. New York Times, Karen Zraick, Oct 18, 2025.

Climate Science and Research (5 articles)

High-resolution `fingerprint` images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC)^[14] RealClimate, Stefan Rahmstorf, Oct 12, 2025.
Democratizing global climate modeling ^[15] Phys.org, Ansa Heyl (IIASA), Oct 16, 2025.
Skeptical Science New Research for Week #42 2025 ^[16] The latest edition of our weekly climate research and report roundup, this week with 111 academic papers and 28 government/NGO items. Skeptical Science, Doug Bostrom & Marc Kodack, Oct 16, 2025.
Montreal satellites play role in climate fight ^[17] With our GHG budget shot and deeply in the red, a Canadian company helps to track methane emissions from space. The Canadian Press, Morgan Lowrie, Oct 18, 2025.
Arctic Ocean methane ‘switch’ that helped drive rapid global warming discovered ^[18] The Arctic Ocean was once an important source of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere — and it could become one again, researchers warn. Live Science, Aubrey Zerkle, Oct 18, 2025.

Climate Education and Communication (3 articles)

Science teachers scramble as U.S. climate resources vanish ^[19] As government websites go dark, some nonprofits are trying to fill the void Science, Gafa Cabico, Oct 3, 2025.
Climate-curious but confused? Grab a beer and some cards.^[20] Fresk converts the latest climate science into a hands-on card game, helping players understand the causes, effects and feedback loops of climate change. Washington Post, Katharine Houreld, Oct 12, 2025.
Sabotaging Climate Action Around The World ^[21] Climate advocacy has not failed, climate policy has been sabotaged, explains a new open access book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment. Climate Social Science Network, J. Timmons Roberts, Carlos R.S. Milani, Jennifer Jacquet, and Christian Downie, Oct 14, 2025.

Climate Policy and Politics (3 articles)

Fact-checking a Trump administration claim about climate change and crops ^[22] A recent Department of Energy report falsely states that rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will boost agricultural yields. In fact, climate change is much more likely to make food scarcer and more expensive. Yale Climate Connections, Dana Nuccitelli, Oct 14, 2025.
Task Force Urges World Bank and International Monetary Fund to Prioritize Climate, Restructure Lending Policies ^[23] As the World Bank and IMF hold annual meetings in Washington, D.C., a new report calls for these institutions to reform their lending models to drive the clean-energy transition and help developing countries withstand climate shocks. Inside Climate News, Martha Pskowski, Aman Azhar, Oct 16, 2025.
Fed Rescinds Mandate That Banks Plan for Climate Risks ^[24] Financial regulators said the Biden-era policy was superfluous. Democrats said it protected financial stability in an era of unpredictable weather. New York Times, Scott Dance and Stacy Cowley, Oct 17, 2025.

Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation (2 articles)

International Climate Conferences and Agreements (1 article)

Public Misunderstandings about Climate Science (1 article)

Miscellaneous (1 article)

If you happen upon high quality climate-science and/or climate-myth busting articles from reliable sources while surfing the web, please feel free to submit them via this Google form ^[25] so that we may share them widely. Thanks!

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